Emily Blackstone

Her father is American and her mother Italian. She has lived her entire life in Italy and attends the International School of Florence.

Refugee Crisis
Collage
The refugee crisis is and always has been one of the biggest problems present in our world and in our community. Everyone deserves a place to call home, and the refugees have been forced, because of various reasons, to leave their own home. Most people don’t understand the influence that this change has on the refugees. People tell the refugees to go back where they came from, but those people don’t understand the circumstances. I think that we should offer the refugees as much as we can. We can’t even imagine what they have gone through, and giving them a place to call home would definitely help them majorly. These refugees leave their homes and are left with nothing; they have to cross-seas or territories that they probably have never been in. Being in a middle/high class, we don’t understand what they go through, and the fact that many people look down on them is disrespectful and disgusting. The refugees are people. They are like us and we should treat them as we would treat any of our friends. I just hope that eventually we will all respect each other and help each other out. We should be sharing our homes, not giving people a reason to leave theirs.
The pictures that I decided to include in my collage represent the fact that the refugees are usually alone while dealing with the situations that surround them, and of how we should be helping them in every way possible. The kids playing on the car represents the hope for them and how they find happiness in the smallest things, whilst the despair and sadness of the woman represent the reality of the situation and the consequences that all the refugees have to confront after they leave their homes. I honestly believe that we should do more for the refugees and give them as many options as we can.